TransportationMismanagement and graft brought down Thai Airways: panel
Purchase of 10 Airbus enriched politicians and others but incurred $2bn loss
Thai Airways filed a petition to rehabilitate under the bankruptcy court's supervision in May. The coronavirus dealt a final blow to the long-mismanaged flag carrier. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
MASAYUKI YUDA, Nikkei staff writer
September 4, 2020 12:00 JST
BANGKOK -- The financial troubles at Thai Airways International, which were so deep it needed court-supervised rehabilitation, were caused by the national flag carrier's own management and workers ripping the company off, an investigation panel commissioned by Thailand's Ministry of Transport has found.